“O woman,” Jesus answered, “your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.
- KJV Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
- NKJV Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
- NASB Then Jesus said to her, “O woman, your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed at once.
- NLT “Dear woman,” Jesus said to her, “your faith is great. Your request is granted.” And her daughter was instantly healed.
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Quick answer
Jesus praises her great faith and heals her daughter instantly. It matters because it shows Christ honoring genuine faith wherever it is found, even outside Israel.
Overview
Jesus commends the woman's 'great faith'—high praise rarely given in the Gospels, and here to a Gentile. Her daughter is healed at once, demonstrating Christ's power and compassion. The account foreshadows the inclusion of believing Gentiles in the people of God. It stands as an enduring encouragement that persistent, humble faith in Christ is never turned away.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 20
- Mark 9:23–24“If You can?” echoed Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!”
- Matt 8:13Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! As you have believed, so will it be done for you.” And his servant was healed at that very hour.
- Matt 9:22Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was cured from that very hour.
- Ps 145:19He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
- Mark 5:34“Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be free of your affliction.”
- John 4:50–53“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.
- Rom 4:19–20Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.
- Matt 8:10When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.
- Mark 7:29–30Then Jesus told her, “Because of this answer, you may go. The demon has left your daughter.”
- Luke 18:42–43“Receive your sight!” Jesus replied. “Your faith has healed you.”
- Job 13:15Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
- Luke 7:50And Jesus told the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
- Job 23:10Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
- Matt 9:29–30Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you.”
- Luke 17:5The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”
- Matt 14:31Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and took hold of Peter. “You of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?”
- Luke 7:9When Jesus heard this, He marveled at the centurion. Turning to the crowd following Him, He said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.”
- 1 Sam 2:30Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
- 2 Th 1:3We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.
- Lam 3:32Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
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